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Bird-Friendly Guidelines, Development Rating System and Acknowledgement Program |
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Bird-Friendly Development Guidelines
The Bird-Friendly Development Guidelines (file size 8.2 mb)  offers a comprehensive list of development strategies to make new and existing buildings less dangerous to migratory birds. There are a number of ways to make buildings better for birds including glass treatments, how the building and site is lit at night, as well as adopting new practices for building operations and site management.
The guidelines were developed with the participation of architects, development corporations, property management corporations, bird advocacy groups, and City staff. The final product is a very attractive and informative document that will greatly assist in mitigating the dangers the urban environment poses to migrating birds. We can all play a role to reduce migratory bird deaths.
Bird-Friendly Development Rating System form
The Bird-Friendly Development Rating System is a checklist for developers, building owners and managers to assess whether their new and existing buildings are bird-friendly. Once a building or development has been verified by City staff as bird-friendly, building owners and managers may market their buildings as such. A bird-friendly designation could give these buildings a competitive advantage by identifying these features to an increasingly environmentally aware marketplace. You can download PDF form (978 kb) and mail-in or fax the form.
Bird-Friendly Acknowledgement Program
Through the Acknowledgement Program, the City of Toronto will award building owners
and developers who commit to the guidelines, a series of three original art prints to be
displayed in their lobby. Created by the artist Jillian Ditner, the artwork focuses on
encouraging change and carries a positive message.
The series entitled "Flight Plan" consisting of three limited-edition screen prints, take the plight of endangered migratory birds in the city as their theme. In each print, a dotted line carries the eye from the first composition through to the third and echoes the flight pattern of a small bird. The line can be read alternately as a cut-out diagram and as a
signature line. The symbolism is two-fold: the dotted line of the cut-out can be interpreted
as a means of freeing the trapped birds from the city, while the dotted signature line
implies a contract, inviting the viewer to figuratively sign a document for change.
Flight Plan #1, 2008, Screen print, 16x20 inches, Jillian Ditner
To learn more about the artist please visit:
www.jillianditner.com
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